It’s only when you trawl through the number of Limerick gangland heavyweights holed up in prisons that the scale of the Garda’s success reveals itself.

A man who threatened young people while wielding a machete and demanding money that he wrongly believed was owed to him has been jailed for three years.

A string of top awards at last week’s Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show pointed to a revival of sport horse breeding in Munster.

BLARNEY trainer John Linehan enjoyed his best season as a trainer last year and 2012 has got off to a smashing start also.

THE future of 2,800 jobs at Superquinn has been secured after its directors dropped a legal challenge to put the business into examinership.

MEMBERS of Superquinn’s board of directors have differed on whether it made a formal decision to apply for examinership shortly before a receiver was appointed to the supermarket chain.

THE battle over the future of Superquinn has intensified at the High Court with claims by two of its directors that the appointment of joint receivers to the retail chain this week was invalid, while the receivers disputed the validity of a company resolution to present a petition for examinership.

It may be only six months since the 2010 Kerry Agribusiness Irish St Leger final was run at the brand new Limerick Stadium but a huge crowd will be convening again on Saturday to savour the 2011 decider where there will be very strong local interest.

GREYHOUND followers have classic action on three fronts on Saturday night.

TRAINER John Linehan and owner Kieran Ryan obviously have serious ambitions in this year's Sporting Press Irish Oaks at Shelbourne.

A MAN described as a “foot soldier” in Limerick’s notorious McCarthy Dundon gang was jailed yesterday for six years for his role in a planned retaliation gun attack in the continuing city feud.

TWO Limerick brothers who were the alleged victims of a kidnapping in 2003 shortly before the murder of a city gang leader were yesterday jailed for a total of 14 years after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition earlier this year.

WORK is being finalised on fitting out a major indoor sports and recreation centre for young people living in Southill and Ballinacurra Weston.

SUPERQUINN has denied that it is up for sale, but has confirmed it has received expressions of interest from British retailers.

THE discovery yesterday of a body partly buried in open ground in Limerick is almost certainly the 10th tit-for-tat murder in the continuing feud between two rival drugs gangs.

TWO Limerick men have been given suspended jail sentences for keeping horses on properties attached to their council houses in Moyross.

DEFENCE Minister Willie O’Dea yesterday came riding to assistance of the Moyross light cavalry whose members have been shot at and kidnapped in the Limerick feud.

OVENS handler Shane Murphy had a night to remember on Saturday.

Eircom League champions Cork City will be without top striker John O’Flynn again for the visit of Bray Wanderers to Turner’s Cross tonight (7.45pm).

Five members of a Limerick crime gang jailed for their part in a pitched battle with rival criminals outside a fast food outlet in the city today had their sentences reduced.

Five Limerick men who were involved in a pitched battle in the city today began their appeal against their jail sentences.

Five Limerick men will today appeal jail sentences they received for their part in a pitched battle between feuding gangs in the city over three years ago.

I WAS appalled by the picture on your front page of Defence Minister Willie O’Dea, who is charged with the safety and security of the citizens of this State.

UCD will face Bray Wanderers tonight without French striker Damien Dupuy.

CORK Summer Show revived memories of its glory days last weekend, reverting to a two-day event, and bringing back cattle and sheep classes after an absence of a couple of years.

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Nine men convicted of charges relating to a “pitched battle” between members of Limerick feuding factions outside a family restaurant, have been jailed for a total of just over 38 years.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) has welcomed the changes introduced to the Section 86 of the Finance Bill by Minister Charlie McCreevy.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) has described an amendment introduced by the Minister for Finance to the Finance Bill at committee stage as 'unfair'.

Dublin: The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) has described an amendment introduced by the Minister for Finance to the Finance Bill at Committee Stage as ‘mean-spirited and unfair’.

SEVEN people appeared before a special sitting of Limerick District Court last night charged in connection with a “pitched battle” which could have resulted in serious injury or loss of life, gardaí claimed.

DONNACHA O’MAHONY (East Cork) rolled back the years to reclaim the Cork senior cross-country championship title while Freda Davoren (UCC AC) ran her first cross-country race in almost two years to claim her first county title at Inchigeela yesterday, when East Cork eventually won an enthralling team contest with their North Cork rivals.

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Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder last night of 47-year-old Limerick feud victim John Ryan.

A MAN was shot dead in Limerick last night, the latest casualty in a bloody feud between crime gangs which has plunged the city into terror.

A man was shot dead in Limerick tonight in the latest episode of a bloody feud between warring families in the city.

ONE of four men being quizzed by gardaí in Limerick following a massive haul of weapons, which included a booby-trap car bomb, is an “enforcer” for one of the criminal gangs involved in a long-running bitter feud.

GARDAÍ were yesterday still quizzing three people arrested last Friday in connection with the murder of Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane.

Gardai in Limerick have arrested six men and two women as part of ongoing investigations into the murder of drug dealer Kieran Keane in the city earlier this year.

IT’S 49 days since the Ryan brothers were abducted in Limerick.

Gardaí in Limerick are continuing to question two men and a woman in connection with "serious crime" in the city.

GARDAÍ in Limerick yesterday arrested four people as part of the investigation into the murder of Kieran Keane and the abduction of Eddie and Kieran Ryan.

Gardai have arrested four men in Limerick in connection with the murder of Kieran Keane.

Gardai are continuing to investigate a blaze at the home of members of a family involved in a violent feud in Limerick.